Spot the Frippet: volute.

Enjoy the whirls of spiral things.

On the handles of a jug: 


(photo by Marcus Cyron)

In a shell:


(photo of Amoria undulata, the Wavy volute, by Peter Southwood)

(photo of a Grapevine snail by Jürgen Schoner)

Or on a column:


(column from Persepolis, apparently wearing curlers)

Or perhaps you'll see the ravishing descending volute of some spiral stairs:


Photo of Haldon Belvedere, Devon, by Nilfanion

Or how about this, the modern equivalent of a water wheel:


(Francis turbine inlet scroll (or volute), Grand Coulee Dam)

Glorious and enchanting, every one.

Spot the Frippet: volute. This word comes to us from the Latin volūta, a spiral decoration, from volvere, to roll up.